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[ they are fair und legitimate subject â€¢ legislation about which tlie wisest best men of our country differ in opini and on which unanimity of opinion is Â° n ' ther to be expected nor desired v repose entire confidence in the wi-h t of congress and shall acquiesce cheerfulness in any decision that hono ble body shall make on the subjects Â» refer to or on any other that they hav right and power to decide upon * but we regret sir that you have brou^t those subjects to our notice only for th purpose of connecting them with thenev presidential election and of exciting prejudice against those men who are th rival candidates of mr crawford antlw still more regret lhat members of con gress instead of confining themselves to that sphere of duty marked out by th constitution should combine to influence an election which peculiarly belongs to the people and in which the constitution in tended members of congress should take no part except in the last resort the time hascomefor the freemen of th united states to express their detestation of a congressional caucus â€” a power that is gradually setting itself up at washing ton to rule the nation â€” a power that tcok its rise in party feelings and has lately been supported by the spirit of faction until it threatens to overawe the people by its proscriptions it is said members of congress go into caucus in their individ ual capacity and their decisions in caucus are not binding upon the people this is the excuse that is offered to the nation â€” an excuse that good sense every where treats as ridiculous why does not a caucus of a like number of men in one of the states assume such importance before the people ? there is not such a wide difference between their understandings and respectability and the understandings and respectability of a like number of members of congress the truth is and members of congress well know it that the high character with which they are invested accompanies them into caucus and gives an imposing effect to their pro ceedings turn it change it alter it as you will a congressional caucus is an as semblage of members cf congress and their proceedings are intended to have and so in fact they do have not the form but the character of legislation of the highest legislation ; and what is the worst of all a dictatorial legislation â€” a legisla tion that operates upon one part of the community by proscription and upon the other by corruption ! we do therefore rejoice at the general expression of indig nation which the people have lately made against a congressional caucus and hope il will induce members of congress never to hold another wholesale hat store 279 king street opposite the merchant's hotel fimmlafimbwb^8 congress we take advantage bf the following epitomi zed view of the proceedings of congress from the raleigh register it exhibits all the prom inent business transacted down as late as the date extends tuesday morning april 27 1824 wi\<\ma & starr offer to the public a general assortment of 1st 2nd and 3d quality black and drab our readers have already been apprized that during a debate in the u s senate on a propo sed amendment to the constitution relative to the election of president and vice president a palpable hit was given to the late washington caucus by mr king of new-york at this the caucusites bristled up most furiously ; and in strains of impassioned abuse attempted to justify their conduct in going into caucus they were met however by the friends of the people's rights and free elections in that able and fear less spirit which truth and justice always inspire we knew that the radicals were as sensitive as fungus-flesh on the subject of caucus ; but we did not think they could so completely lose com mand of themselves in abusing those who op pose the usurpation of the caucus as they have done on this occasion we have given on the first page of this week's paper some sketches of this debate ; and shall hereafter give such other extracts as will enable our readers to form a just estimate of the views the spirit and the temper which it elicited beaver hats oval bell and high crowns and cortes shaped wide and narrow brims late fashions also castor hats ditto ; men's and youth's fine roram ditto warranted elastic water proof ; men's and youth's roram hats of an inferior quality all of which they warrant of their own manufacture in the house of representatives on the 8th instant the consideration ofthe tariff bill was resumed : mr forsyth rose and withdrew tbe intimation yesterday given of his intention now to move for the inde finite postponement of the bill he in tended to defer his motion until the ques tion had been settled as to the amount of duties to be proposed on the leading ar ticles wool cotton and iron the first question in order being the one for reducing the minimum on wool lens from 30 to 40 cents the square yard was put and decided in the affirr.-.at yeas 101 nays 99.h men's and boy's coarse fine and very fine black and drab wool hats ; morocco caps from philadelphia and new-york ; hatter's trim mings bow strings and brushes c c low for cash charleston april 1824 new assortment the subscriber has very recently received from philadelphia an assortment of dry goods cutlery and hard-ware . domestics which with the assortment he expects to re ceive in a short time will enable him to sell at satisfactory prices the public are respectfully invited to call and examine for themselves other amendments reported by ihe committee to the house were agreed to mr kremer of penn remarked that he had been requested by several members who were absent when the vote was taken on reducing the minimum on woollens from 80 to 40 cts and by some other who had voted under a misapprehension with respect to the consequences of their vote to move for a reconsideration of the vote being called upon by mr a stevenson of virg for his reasons mr kremer sta ted them more fully it was then resol ved that the question of reconsideration should be taken by yeas and nays and af ter a prolonged debate the question was taken 8c the house agreed to reconsider â€” eas 109 nays 95 the question then recurring on the house's agreeing to the report of the committtee of the whole in that amend ment of the bill which reduces the mini mum on woollen goods from 80 to 40 cents the square yard mr m'duffie of s c rose and deliv ered his sentiments at length in favor of agreeing he was followed by mr cuth bert of geo and mr livingston of lou on the same side â€” and the debate was far ther continued by messrs livermore of n h m'lane of del and todd of penn in opposition to agreeing with the com mittee ; and by mess livingston of lou webster of mass cobb of geo mercer of va randolph of va p p barbour of va in favor when the question was finally taken and the house refused to agree in reducing the minimum to 40 cents â€” yeas 101 nays 104 on the 9th inst the house took up the tariff bill and concurred wilh several amendments as reported by the commit tee of the whole on the amendment which goes to reduce the duty on bar iron from f 12 io jo cents a debate arose which lasted till past three o'clock the question was taken by yeas and nays and the house agreed to the ieduction â€” ayes 120 noes 85 edward cress salisbury aug 16 1823 wardens of the poor coppersmith ing the coppersmithing and tin plate business heretofore transacted by d cress sen will in future bi conducted by me at the same place those who favor me with their custom may de pend on having their work done with neatness durability and despatch edwd chess at an election held on the 19th inst for war dens of the poor of rowan county the follow ing gentlemen having a majority of votes were duly elected to serve tlie three ensuing years : baswell gaither james smith robert gillespie john utzman williamson harris stephen l ferrand thos l cowan dissolution ih ave declined acting as a partner with john murphy in the mercantile business in con cord with his consent and have relinquished all claims to any part or portion of the profits of the concern of murphy & sutton 98 march 22 1824 nath'l sutton new post-offices a post-office has been established in lincoln county by the name of wilfong's mills and john wilfong jr appointed post-master this office is on the old road leading from lincolnton by the hickory tav rn to morganton and is about fourteen miles from lincolnton an office at this place has long been wanting its location is convenient to a closely sett led intelligent and enterprising neighborhood of people : it will afford them facilities of corresponding with their friends in other parts of the country and of participating in die advantages arising from an extended diffusion of intelligence through the medium of newspapers the want of which they have sensibly felt acd often complained of xerw stoye in concot the subscriber has formed a copartnership with william brown in the mercantile business at concord cabarrus county north carolina under the firm of murphy & brown where they are openig a fresh assortment of dry goods cutlery and hardxvare selected with much care in philadelphia and new-york and bought on the best terms they design to continue the business at concord for some years ; and as mr murphy will visit the northern cities annually to procure supplies their assortment will be general ; and will be disposed of at fair prices for cash or on credit to punctual customers their friends and the public generally are respectfully invited to call examine qualities hear prices and judge for themselves john murphy we also add while on this subject the names of the following new post-offices which have been established within the last year â€” we take them from a list published by the national intel ligencer ; that paper proposes to publish quar terly a list of all post-offices established the preceding quarter during the last year up wards of seven hundred new offices were estab lished in the united states we only give those that are within and contiguous to this sec tion of country john murphy has also at his store in salisbury a large assortment of goods to suit citizens town and country people ; to be disposed of unusually low for cash or country produce we esteem mr crawford ; he has been an useful and respectable public office : but the caucus at washington has ruined his political fortune we cannot support any man that is recommended by a con gressienal caucus the election of chief magistrate belongs to the people and not io members of congress you say that you understand mr cal houn's friends in this state have been transferred to gen jackson this sort oi phraseology has become common with a certain set of members of congress who have been in the habit of attending or vin dicating a caucus for it is the object and design of a congressional caucus to trans fer the people to a particular candidate lik so many cattle you sir must know the people of this state too well to believe that they will submit to be transferred either by a caucus at washington or by aspiring demagogues at home they have understanding enough to estimate the talents and qualifications of the can didates for the presidency : if they have not they have too much pride to send to washington at this time of their lives for school-masters ! ! we regret that you felt yourself at lib erty to put an interrogatory in yourletter ( which was intended to cast a reflection on gen jackson however he may stand with members of congress he is the fa vorite of the people : he heloi-gs to|them he has been raised with them ; he has served them both in peace and war ; they feel grateful to him and will take a pride in honoring him we entertain a high regard for you 'â– > we know your moral worth and your res pectability in society you have address ed us in that feeling which is no doubt common to mr crawford's friends ; and we have answered your address in that feeling which is common we believe in this stale against a congressional caucus isaac wiseman foreman matthew macey gotlieb grimes george miers,jr george myers frederick young robert green william douthet george sowers robert wilson john lopp george hartman shoe-shop removed ebenezer dickson shoemaker wishes his friends and every body else to know that he has removed into a new shop a few yards nearer to the court-house than his old stand and almost immediately opposite the bank on main street salisbury council's store carsonville and baldwin's in ashe county morven and whitesville in an son county ; kennon's and prince's bridge in chatham county ; franklin in haywood coun ty ; mountain creek and wilfong's mill's in lincoln county ; china grove in rowan coun ty ; hill's store and moffit's mills in randolph county chalk level in stokes county and lebanon in rutherford county the editors of the national intelligen cer remark that the result of this vote " jeopardizes the whole bill " with this amendment of the bill some of its war mest friends became its opponents or at least indifferent to it â€” the fate of the bill therefore is now as doubtful as ever nota bene i have now on hand and intend keeping a supply ofthe very best of leather ,- and as i shall make it a point to employ first rate work men my friends and the public may depend up on getting as good work executed in my shop in the line of shoemaking as ever was done in the town of salisbury or in the state i not only engage to make as elegant and durable boots and shoes as any body else but i further covenant with all who may shed the sunshine of their patronage on my shop to do their work as cheap and perhaps a little cheaper than my brother chips ebenezer dickson march 2 1824 94 the crew of tne schr ruby on their voyage from providence to north-caroli na caught a fish " very like a whale from which they have hopes of extracting thirty barrels of oil the vessel " put back to providence in consequence of this unlooked-for capture mr long andthe grand jury again the grand jury of davidson at the superior court held in that county week before last re ceived a lengthy communication from mr long our representative in congress after atten tively reading the letter of mr long and ma turely deliberating on its contents the jury came to the conclusion to answer it in that spirit of respectful candor which their rights as amer ican freemen prompted them to do this an swer together with mr long's letter have been communicated to us for publication by the foreman of the grand jury : the jury's answer will be found below â€” but we have thought it superfluous to publish mr long's letter as it is almost a literal transcript of the one he sent to the grand jury of this county which we pub lished week before last ; as by a reference to that the reader can see all mr long has said to the davidson jury from recent inteligence from the west indies it appears that the pirates are again making their appearance par ticularly about cape antonio a place cel ebrated for these freebooters a lieu tenant midshipman and five men of a boat's crew belonging to a british vessel of war are stated to have been killed by a piece of artillery which the pirates had concealed among the mangroves near the shore it was also reported that an amer ican schooner from laguira had been burnt by the pirates on the south side of porto rico the british sloop of war scout is stated to have captured a pirati cal schooner and made many of the pi rates prisoners house of entertainment mfi1he subscriber informs his friends i and the public in general that he jias opened a house of entertainment in the town of concord a few rods south-east of the court-house ; where with unremitted atten tion and a desire to please he hopes to merit a share of public patronage boarding can be had on reasonable terms by the week or year james h clark n b he has also received a large and ele gant asssortment of new goods concord march 4 1824 96 we must acknowledge that the grand jury of davidson have handled mr long rather roughly ; but he cannot complain for it is an encounter of his own seeking : had he never stcpt out of his legitimate track and attempted to warp the judgments of the members of these juries to suit his own political heresies he might have pursued the " even tenor of his way without notice or molestation from any of his constituents in this part of his district last notice ! the executors of d cress sen dec'd for the second and last time give notice to all those indebted to the estate either by note or book account to come forward and make prompt payment against the 5th day of may otherwise they will be placed in the hands of the sheriff for collection our extensive territory the presi dent's message at the opening of con gress on the 2d of december arrived at new-york in the arkansas gazette of january 1 3 on the 20th inst the motion made in the house of representatives on the subject of the marquis la fayette's visit to this country was mentioned in a paris paper of the 20th ultimo the new-orleans courier of the same date received at new york on the 19th instant contains the same thing ; so that the con gressional news dated washington janu ary 20 has passed through new-york to paris and back again to new york in a shorter time than it went from washing ton to new-orleans and from new-or leans to new york ! i joshua gay edw cress 7it4 executors persons having claims against the estate will do us a favor by calling for settlement jedw chess to the hon john long jr esq sir : your letter addressed to the grand jury of davidson county bearing date the 3d of last month has been re ceived ; and it having fallen to our lot to form the grand jury to which your letter was directed it becomes our duty to ac knowledge its receipt and to notice its contents march 17 1824 gig for sale will be sold at public auction at the court-house in salisbury on the 20th of may it being on the thursday of rowan may court an elegant gig and harness the collar excepted,)belonging to the estate of dr alex ander schools dec'd nine months credit will be given the purchaser giving bond and security samuel maffee executor april 11 1824 3it'4 aew york it is stated that a grand convention is to be held at utica on the 4th of july next composed of delegate 5 of the people from every part of the state who will settle the nomination of govern or lt governor electors of president and vice president and also of u states senator such has been the course ot intrigue and management at albany the present winter that the people have be come justlv alarmed and they are deter mined to take their affairs into their own hands baliiir.tre i Â»Â«' we rejoice at the prosperous condition of our country the increase of our na tional character and national wealth we have many causes of gratitude to provi dence for the blessings which we enjoy â€” blessings which we shall continue to enjoy so long as the constitution and laws of our country shall be administered in their true spirit as to the particular subject of national policy mentioned in your letter it is not necessary for us to express an opinion : exquisite skill â€” an english paper says that twelve pair of the smallest scis sors ever made were lately manufactur ed at sheffield they are the most beau tiful workmanship and are quite perfect although not one eighth of an inch long ; the whole of them do not weigh one grain lots in lincolnton on wednesday the 12th may next will com mence the sale of a number of lots in lin colnton n c and will continue from day to day till finished terms a credit of twelve months upon bonds with approved security 3it'3 april 1 1824 by commissioners

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[ they are fair und legitimate subject â€¢ legislation about which tlie wisest best men of our country differ in opini and on which unanimity of opinion is Â° n ' ther to be expected nor desired v repose entire confidence in the wi-h t of congress and shall acquiesce cheerfulness in any decision that hono ble body shall make on the subjects Â» refer to or on any other that they hav right and power to decide upon * but we regret sir that you have brou^t those subjects to our notice only for th purpose of connecting them with thenev presidential election and of exciting prejudice against those men who are th rival candidates of mr crawford antlw still more regret lhat members of con gress instead of confining themselves to that sphere of duty marked out by th constitution should combine to influence an election which peculiarly belongs to the people and in which the constitution in tended members of congress should take no part except in the last resort the time hascomefor the freemen of th united states to express their detestation of a congressional caucus â€” a power that is gradually setting itself up at washing ton to rule the nation â€” a power that tcok its rise in party feelings and has lately been supported by the spirit of faction until it threatens to overawe the people by its proscriptions it is said members of congress go into caucus in their individ ual capacity and their decisions in caucus are not binding upon the people this is the excuse that is offered to the nation â€” an excuse that good sense every where treats as ridiculous why does not a caucus of a like number of men in one of the states assume such importance before the people ? there is not such a wide difference between their understandings and respectability and the understandings and respectability of a like number of members of congress the truth is and members of congress well know it that the high character with which they are invested accompanies them into caucus and gives an imposing effect to their pro ceedings turn it change it alter it as you will a congressional caucus is an as semblage of members cf congress and their proceedings are intended to have and so in fact they do have not the form but the character of legislation of the highest legislation ; and what is the worst of all a dictatorial legislation â€” a legisla tion that operates upon one part of the community by proscription and upon the other by corruption ! we do therefore rejoice at the general expression of indig nation which the people have lately made against a congressional caucus and hope il will induce members of congress never to hold another wholesale hat store 279 king street opposite the merchant's hotel fimmlafimbwb^8 congress we take advantage bf the following epitomi zed view of the proceedings of congress from the raleigh register it exhibits all the prom inent business transacted down as late as the date extends tuesday morning april 27 1824 wi\ we know your moral worth and your res pectability in society you have address ed us in that feeling which is no doubt common to mr crawford's friends ; and we have answered your address in that feeling which is common we believe in this stale against a congressional caucus isaac wiseman foreman matthew macey gotlieb grimes george miers,jr george myers frederick young robert green william douthet george sowers robert wilson john lopp george hartman shoe-shop removed ebenezer dickson shoemaker wishes his friends and every body else to know that he has removed into a new shop a few yards nearer to the court-house than his old stand and almost immediately opposite the bank on main street salisbury council's store carsonville and baldwin's in ashe county morven and whitesville in an son county ; kennon's and prince's bridge in chatham county ; franklin in haywood coun ty ; mountain creek and wilfong's mill's in lincoln county ; china grove in rowan coun ty ; hill's store and moffit's mills in randolph county chalk level in stokes county and lebanon in rutherford county the editors of the national intelligen cer remark that the result of this vote " jeopardizes the whole bill " with this amendment of the bill some of its war mest friends became its opponents or at least indifferent to it â€” the fate of the bill therefore is now as doubtful as ever nota bene i have now on hand and intend keeping a supply ofthe very best of leather ,- and as i shall make it a point to employ first rate work men my friends and the public may depend up on getting as good work executed in my shop in the line of shoemaking as ever was done in the town of salisbury or in the state i not only engage to make as elegant and durable boots and shoes as any body else but i further covenant with all who may shed the sunshine of their patronage on my shop to do their work as cheap and perhaps a little cheaper than my brother chips ebenezer dickson march 2 1824 94 the crew of tne schr ruby on their voyage from providence to north-caroli na caught a fish " very like a whale from which they have hopes of extracting thirty barrels of oil the vessel " put back to providence in consequence of this unlooked-for capture mr long andthe grand jury again the grand jury of davidson at the superior court held in that county week before last re ceived a lengthy communication from mr long our representative in congress after atten tively reading the letter of mr long and ma turely deliberating on its contents the jury came to the conclusion to answer it in that spirit of respectful candor which their rights as amer ican freemen prompted them to do this an swer together with mr long's letter have been communicated to us for publication by the foreman of the grand jury : the jury's answer will be found below â€” but we have thought it superfluous to publish mr long's letter as it is almost a literal transcript of the one he sent to the grand jury of this county which we pub lished week before last ; as by a reference to that the reader can see all mr long has said to the davidson jury from recent inteligence from the west indies it appears that the pirates are again making their appearance par ticularly about cape antonio a place cel ebrated for these freebooters a lieu tenant midshipman and five men of a boat's crew belonging to a british vessel of war are stated to have been killed by a piece of artillery which the pirates had concealed among the mangroves near the shore it was also reported that an amer ican schooner from laguira had been burnt by the pirates on the south side of porto rico the british sloop of war scout is stated to have captured a pirati cal schooner and made many of the pi rates prisoners house of entertainment mfi1he subscriber informs his friends i and the public in general that he jias opened a house of entertainment in the town of concord a few rods south-east of the court-house ; where with unremitted atten tion and a desire to please he hopes to merit a share of public patronage boarding can be had on reasonable terms by the week or year james h clark n b he has also received a large and ele gant asssortment of new goods concord march 4 1824 96 we must acknowledge that the grand jury of davidson have handled mr long rather roughly ; but he cannot complain for it is an encounter of his own seeking : had he never stcpt out of his legitimate track and attempted to warp the judgments of the members of these juries to suit his own political heresies he might have pursued the " even tenor of his way without notice or molestation from any of his constituents in this part of his district last notice ! the executors of d cress sen dec'd for the second and last time give notice to all those indebted to the estate either by note or book account to come forward and make prompt payment against the 5th day of may otherwise they will be placed in the hands of the sheriff for collection our extensive territory the presi dent's message at the opening of con gress on the 2d of december arrived at new-york in the arkansas gazette of january 1 3 on the 20th inst the motion made in the house of representatives on the subject of the marquis la fayette's visit to this country was mentioned in a paris paper of the 20th ultimo the new-orleans courier of the same date received at new york on the 19th instant contains the same thing ; so that the con gressional news dated washington janu ary 20 has passed through new-york to paris and back again to new york in a shorter time than it went from washing ton to new-orleans and from new-or leans to new york ! i joshua gay edw cress 7it4 executors persons having claims against the estate will do us a favor by calling for settlement jedw chess to the hon john long jr esq sir : your letter addressed to the grand jury of davidson county bearing date the 3d of last month has been re ceived ; and it having fallen to our lot to form the grand jury to which your letter was directed it becomes our duty to ac knowledge its receipt and to notice its contents march 17 1824 gig for sale will be sold at public auction at the court-house in salisbury on the 20th of may it being on the thursday of rowan may court an elegant gig and harness the collar excepted,)belonging to the estate of dr alex ander schools dec'd nine months credit will be given the purchaser giving bond and security samuel maffee executor april 11 1824 3it'4 aew york it is stated that a grand convention is to be held at utica on the 4th of july next composed of delegate 5 of the people from every part of the state who will settle the nomination of govern or lt governor electors of president and vice president and also of u states senator such has been the course ot intrigue and management at albany the present winter that the people have be come justlv alarmed and they are deter mined to take their affairs into their own hands baliiir.tre i Â»Â«' we rejoice at the prosperous condition of our country the increase of our na tional character and national wealth we have many causes of gratitude to provi dence for the blessings which we enjoy â€” blessings which we shall continue to enjoy so long as the constitution and laws of our country shall be administered in their true spirit as to the particular subject of national policy mentioned in your letter it is not necessary for us to express an opinion : exquisite skill â€” an english paper says that twelve pair of the smallest scis sors ever made were lately manufactur ed at sheffield they are the most beau tiful workmanship and are quite perfect although not one eighth of an inch long ; the whole of them do not weigh one grain lots in lincolnton on wednesday the 12th may next will com mence the sale of a number of lots in lin colnton n c and will continue from day to day till finished terms a credit of twelve months upon bonds with approved security 3it'3 april 1 1824 by commissioners